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Who currently has domestic TV rights?

Sky Sports and BT Sport have the current rights. Sky paid £4.18billion for 126 games while BT splashed out £960million for 42 live matches

Why does the new TV rights deal matter?

It runs from 2019-20, for three years and there’s an expectation that the price paid to the Premier League could increase by up to 23 per cent on the price Sky and BT paid last time out - which would represent a huge increase in income for Premier League clubs.

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Who is said to be in the battle for the TV rights deal?

Sky Sports and BT Sport are back in for it while Amazon and Facebook are tipped to join the race. However BT’s chief executive Gavin Patterson has suggested that his firm will not pay over the odds for the rights should it turn into an auction.

Asked if BT Sport could survive without the rights, he said: “Yes, absolutely. I don’t want in any way to diminish the importance of the Premier League of course, and the Premier League’s importance to us. But it is one of a broad set of rights. We will be competitive but ultimately won’t go beyond the price it is worth to us.”

What does that mean for Bristol City?

It means if Lee Johnson can take the Robins to the promised land, they will have a turnover of more than £100million.